525 piston rings

As i'm sure a few of you have noticed my bike is in need of a set of piston rings or even a piston! I put a new piston in when the main bearings started grumbling about 200 hours ago which i think was a prox piston ( I can't remember now cos I didn't buy the bits myself, Reps got them!) so couple of questions, should i just replace the rings or should i get a whole piston? Will ktm rings fit the prox piston? Any help would be appreciated as i'm just a dumb electrician

At those hours also think strip it down first and have a proper look - including conrod/main bearings, because when I was trying to trade my WR in they all asked when the conrod had been done?Then price it all up and decide weather best to fix it or flog it(Just keep quiet about how much work it's done, and how tired it is on any off road bike forums though in case flogging it the best option )

Last edited by shocker on Fri Jan 23, 2015 1:06 pm; edited 1 time in total

shocker wrote:At those hours also think strip it down first and have a proper look - including conrod/main bearings, because when I was trying to trade my WR in they all asked when the conrod had been done?Then price it all up and decide weather best to fix it or flog it(Just keep quiet about how much work it's done, and how tired it is on any off road bike forums though in case flogging it the best option )

Wash your mouth out! That beast is going nowhere, i'll be buried with it Once i get my tax bill out the way i'll give her what she needs. Bastard tax man ruins everything!

Ay valve guides would be a good place to look, it certainly has no lack of compression, just smokes its tits off! Worse than the rooster so i've been told by those following I want to do it tidy as i love the bike, i'll contact prox for a price on rings alone but if not i'll just get a piston kitCheers Joss